These are some observations from viewing the new Fuji print of ESB
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Reel 1
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Damage at the head
Slightly brighter right edge - bleed through of a yellow border.
Starfields have a blue tint
It looks like there are brown and yellow grain spots on the scenes with snow.
The grain is lot heavier on this print than the Kodak SP print.
Some of the snow scenes have some blue tint in them.
Scene with Leia and shield doors closing looks reddish.
Luke and Ben scene in the snow is bluish.
Medical droid scene looks very red when Luke is pulled out.
Reel 2
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Some slight damage at head of reel.
Snow speeder battle is very good.
There are some reddish pink areas in some of the explosions from the effects shots.
Skies have a natural blue look.
Matte lines are visible in effects shots.
Scan lines and holograms look great.
R2D2 has black panels once they are in space leaving Hoth.
Interior shots of Millenium Falcons cockpit,look reddish/yellowish for the effects shots or are saturated.
Tie Fighters are a nice dark shade of blue.
Canyon chase scene has bright explosion.
Reel 3
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Brief damage at head of reel.
Lukes scene landing on Dagobah look dark, and have a reddish tint.
Darth Vaders 'egg' looks yellowish, not white
Millenium falcon cockpit scenes look saturated.
Smoke, fog looks very good.
Holograms look good.
Original Emporer looks clear and sharp.
Initial scene in Yoda's hut has a reddish tint to it
Yoda training scenes with Luke are reddish at times.
Damage at tail end of reel.
Reel 4
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Slight damage at header of reel.
Light saber colors in the cave look good.
Interior scenes with Millenium Falcon look saturated.
Cloud city skies look orange.
Cloud city hallways and lighting look orange.
Ben's ghost looks very good.
Reel 5
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Some damage at header.
Some weave during the first few scenes.
Cloud city walls look very good.
Darth Vader scenes, and boba fett look like correct colors.
Smoke and particles in the freezing chamber look natural.
Lots of grain in cloud scenes when Luke is flying into cloud city.
Carbon chamber scene has lots of great looking orange and blue shades.
Lots of grain on walls scenes when Luke is walking through corridors.
The duel scene looks spectacular for the carbon chamber scenes.
Lightsaber colors are very vivid.
Light damage at end of the reel.
Reel 6
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Some damage at header of the reel.
Some light weave during the reel.
The continuation of the light saber duel looks great.
Laser blasts and smoke particles look good.
When Vader asks Luke to join the dark side, the scene is very sharp and clear looking.
Interior scenes with the falcon need to be adjusted.
Blue tie fighters and green laser blasts are fine.
Starfields look good.
Final credits have correct look and colors to them but need cleanup for dirt and scratches.
Overall
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Basically, this print is the best quality we have seen so far.
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There is minor damage on the heads of most of the reels.
Various scenes are overly saturated, but that can be corrected easily.
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Other scenes, have a blue, or red tint to them. I doubt the original looked
like this when projected, or else we've been seeing a very different looking
film than this one.
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The amount of grain is more than the Kodak in some places, however there
are other scenes that are very sharp, and rival the bluray in detail.
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There is a light weave through the entire film, this can be corrected
by stabilizing it later on.
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We will definitely be using most of this print as the basis for the final
version, unless a sharper version with higher quality shows up.
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The sound is complete, and there do not appear to be any frames missing,
if there are, we will replace them from other sources. Also, there are clicks,
pops and some crackle, so those will have to be fixed also.
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Good to be able to add this resource to our library of prints.
Team Negative1